Description
gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly interact with underlying library support for wide Pango layouts, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URL that is examined with a tooltip.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html ↗
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859 ↗
- http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012981.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html ↗
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=72 ↗
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2bb66ef1475e ↗
- http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012980.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 ↗